truancy

Assembly Bill 461 would end the treatment of truancy as a crime under state law.

Social work services were made aware of a number of issues with Robyn's care, including physical assaults, emotional abuse, physical neglect and truancy from school.

Older students faced fines or a suspended driver’s license for truancy.

“This truancy ends now,” Abbott said in a letter sent to each of the departed members.

She said she accepted that misbehaviour in the toilets - such as vandalism, vaping and truancy - was a concern for staff, but she wanted them to "address those issues" instead of "punishing good students".